National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Milan or SPAL that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Milan and SPAL.
Milan form and stats
Milan participated in Coppa Italia the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Lazio.Milan have played 9 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). Three draws in a row here at Giuseppe Meazza for Milan, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
K. Piątek was the last player to score a league goal for Milan and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Milan haven't scored in 243 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Milan, who won 2-0 against Cagliari. Before that, Milan drew at home versus Sampdoria.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Milan as they have a new game in only four days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Udinese are visiting.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Milan here at Giuseppe Meazza in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). 10 goals have been conceded.
SPAL form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the 4th round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SPAL so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for SPAL, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Fiorentina. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Hellas Verona.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from SPAL's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 10 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as SPAL have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Milan-SPAL H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Milan 5 wins, SPAL 0 wins, 0 draws. 3 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Petagna 6 goals |   K. Piątek 4 goals |  T. Hernández 4 goals |
Milan missing players
SPAL missing players
| Milan | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 9 | 28 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 371 | 162 | Total Shots | T S | 132 | 340 | ||
| 127 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 99 | ||
| 20% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Juventus | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Inter | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 24 | 46 |
| 3 | Lazio | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 24 | 42 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 23 | 35 |
| 5 | Roma | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | Cagliari | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Torino | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 27 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | Parma | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Milan | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | Napoli | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Udinese | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 24 |
| 13 | Bologna | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | Lecce | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 18 | Genoa | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | -18 | 14 |
| 19 | Brescia | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -19 | 14 |
| 20 | SPAL | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -17 | 12 |